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Glory on Earth
About this book
'Whom shall I believe? And who shall be judge?'
Tuesday, 19 August, 1561, 9 a.m. Through the fog a ship arrives in Leith docks, and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, steps ashore. She is eighteen and on her young shoulders rest the hopes of the Catholic establishment of Europe.
The nation that receives her has just outlawed her church and its practices. Its leader is the radical cleric and protestant reformer, John Knox. Both believe themselves ordained by God. Both believe themselves beloved by their people. Both were exiled and returned home… but only one can make Scotland their own.
Linda McLean's play Glory on Earth premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in May 2017, in a production directed by Lyceum Artistic Director David Greig.
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MARY// Il était un petit navire
Il était un petit navire
Qui n’avait ja-ja-jamais navigué
Qui n’avait ja-ja-jamais navigué
ohé ohé1
Il était un petit navire
Qui n’avait ja-ja-jamais navigué
Qui n’avait ja-ja-jamais navigué
ohé ohé1
MARYEverybody knows about our death
MARY// Dear God
MARYThat undressed
MARYUn-blesst
MARYUn-confesst
MARYParsimonious
MARYPunishing end
MARYLittle warning
MARYFew friends
MARYMother of God
MARYIt couldn’t have been worse
MARYHad we been cursed
MARYI think we’re all agreed
MARY// Aye
MARY// I don’t
MARY// ?
MARYAgree
MARYBut it was
MARYClodhopping chopping
MARYMis-hitting bone
MARYMuttering lips
MARY// Sweet Jesus
MARYCack-handed hews
MARYLolloping head
MARYRusting axe
MARYScraping through stringy sinews
MARYMary Queen of Scots got her head sawn off
MARY// Mary!
MARYNow
How could it have been worse?
How could it have been worse?
MARYWe might have screamed
MARY// Never
MARYStruggled
MARY// Jesus Mary and Joseph
MARYBegged
MARY// Save our soul
MARYSister Queen
MARYIf they had dragged us to that block
MARY// Fwack
MARYKicking
MARYScreaming
MARYCursing
MARYOr worse
MARY// ?
MARYUnconscious
MARYOur horror
MARYFear
MARYTerror
MARYIncontinence
MARYWould have been the story of our end
MARY// God forbid
MARYHe did
I mean
At least we died with dignity
Didn’t we?
I mean
At least we died with dignity
Didn’t we?
MARY// Aye
MARY// I think // so
MARY// So the leaving could have been worse
MARYAnd everyone knows how it goes
MARY// Chop
MARYStop
MARYBut the beginning
MARYWho knows the beginning?
MARY// Which one?
MARYThe first breath?
MARYTouch?
MARYLook?
MARYStep?
MARYWord?
MARYThe first berth to France and its motherless love
MARYThe first communion
MARYThe first dance
MARYThe first kiss as a bride
MARYThe moment the darling boy died
MARYThe day we came back in a haar
MARYSo deep and marrow-chill that we clung to the rail of the ship until the captain fired the cannon
MARY// boom
MARYTo announce our arrival
KNOXIn a city made dark and dank by our cautioning Lord
MARY// And my heart sank
KNOX// And my heart sank to depths already plumbed by bloody revenge and long y...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Characters
- Note on Text
- Glory On Earth
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
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